02-09-2006, 11:57 PM
cool vid. Can't wait to see more car!
So I visited Audi's page about the car hoping to see how much power that things makes and I was kind of underwhelmed. They say "exceeding" 650HP and 1100NM torque (~811ft/lbs). 5.5 Liters. I guess they'll never be too forward with their real #'s, but heck, a 5.9L Cummins can make that HP and MUCH more torque at the same time without much work. Of course it weighs as much as a train.... so is being all aluminum the limiting factor of the R10? Anyone seen big #'s out of other modern aluminum diesels like the 5L in the Touareg or some Mercedes thing?
So I visited Audi's page about the car hoping to see how much power that things makes and I was kind of underwhelmed. They say "exceeding" 650HP and 1100NM torque (~811ft/lbs). 5.5 Liters. I guess they'll never be too forward with their real #'s, but heck, a 5.9L Cummins can make that HP and MUCH more torque at the same time without much work. Of course it weighs as much as a train.... so is being all aluminum the limiting factor of the R10? Anyone seen big #'s out of other modern aluminum diesels like the 5L in the Touareg or some Mercedes thing?